4) Forbidden Delicacies
It was 15 minuets later and I was now listening to Kylie Edwards play the piano. It soothed me so. I now know where Alicia learned the song from. It was the same one fomr before. I was in envy. I cant play any instrument but ive been told i sing well. then i got curious.
"Um...Mrs.Edwards?" She stopped and looked at me.
"You may call me mom now, dear." we giggled together.
"Right, well i was wondering if there were any words to that song. it speaks to me, and ive been told i could sing." She paused a moment, smiled and finally answered.
" Yes, dear, but i would need to translate them, im aftaid. That shouldnt take more than three minuets though. If you hand me that notepad and pen id be glad to write them for you. it would be a pleasent change to hear singing agian!" She neatly scribbled down a piece and a half of words, then ahnded them up to me. Then she asked " You know the tune by now, right?"
I nodded while looking over the words. then she pressed one key three times to signal the beginning of the song. I started to sing when i felt the words worked. it went like this:
"The Moonlight, the moonlight,
the signal in darkness.
it shines in the night
only reflects the light
the light of the sun,
the light of tomorrow,
our skin it does shine and thats why we hide!
We hide the glitter of the skin deep into the sleeves and rainclouds
we hide our diamond skin far away from human eyesight!
Oh, yes we hide, oh sadly we hide!"
Then the verses changed a bit, but the part she put the asterick at stayed the same. Oddly i knew this without her tellimg me. after the song was through, she relaxed a little and sighed.
"You have a wonderful voice, my dear Katrina. By the way i see it, your going to become a 'Sirevamp'." I looked at her oddly.
"Sirevamp? You mean like a Siren Vampire?"
" Yes, basically. Your songs will come naturally. Just like the one you just performed. You knew exactly when to begin, when to say which word, and when to change pitches for the choruses and bridges. It was done beautifully, Katrina, love. Thats a wonderful thing. From this point on, dont be surprised by the challenges brought up by the family, ok? Im sure Ben will explain if u mention about the Sirevamps, ok? Be casual, or hell bigure it out!" She gamve me a warm smile, stood up, huggedme and left for the back porch which overlooked a meadow, surrounded by a thick woods. It was quite beautiful. I sat next to her. I could still notice the temperature difference between our skin, but not well. I could tell it wasnt much longer at all. I was afraid. I didnt want the differences to go away. He wouldnt be the same.
Most girls dream of falling in the firm, warm arms of their lovers. As always, i was the weird one who dreams of running into the cold, hard arms of a vampire. Sometimes i really question that guy. Just then, I remembered what happened just before he left. Not even 40 minuets ago. It just now logged into my brain that Benjamin Edwards had Kissed me! A wild burst of love overpowered my body, and i started twitching. Kylie was terrified. She thought i was having another fit. after i got ahold of myself, i to.d her everything, but made her swear not to say anything to anyone. Just then, Ben, Alicia, Thomas and Kari burst in the door. Kari was thrashing ans squirming like crazy. Then without thinking, i told Alicia to hold her still facing me for a minuet. She did, and without second thoughts, I smacked her. I smacked my best friend. In shock, she stopped and calmed down. I started laughing maniacally. I felt cold. Very very cold. The i couldnt stop laughing. Bens eyeslooked terrified. He closed his eyes, took me into the basement, and held me. He held me tight. Not like usually though. This was more gentle. More of a hug. Realizing this stopped my laughter. I turned and hugged him back. Thats when i realized we were crying. Then it struck me why.